SULLIVAN v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 00-CV-4011.

233 F.Supp.2d 692 (2002)

James SULLIVAN, Petitioner, v. Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA, et. al., Respondents.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. McGlaughlin, Newman and McGlaughlin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Jeffrey M. Brandt, Cincinnati, OH, for Petitioner.


EXPLANATION AND ORDER

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

A. Background

The petitioner's conviction for robbery and murder became final on March 24, 1979, and thus petitioner's one year time period for filing his habeas petition began running on April 24, 1996, and so he was required to file his federal habeas action by April 23, 1997. Petitioner filed his petition on May 4, 2000 in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the petition and record...

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